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The mediocre coach is an outstanding coward

Tommy Tuberville is a coward. If he weren’t, he would debate U.S. Sen. Doug Jones. The problem with a debate, however, is that Tuberville has to know something about the Senate and government. All Tuberville, the once mediocre-at-best football coach at Auburn and other places, will do is the typical Republican response to anything Jones … Continued

Joey Kennedy

August 20, 2020

Opinion

This is who we are

That noose in the garage — that’s us. The Confederate statues all over the place and the ignorant law protecting them — that’s us. The racist state constitution that openly discusses its intention to deprive Black citizens — that’s us. The overwhelming support for a president who has built his campaign and his presidency on … Continued

Josh Moon

June 23, 2020

Opinion

There is no redemption for George Wallace

George Wallace’s name doesn’t deserve to be on any building anywhere. That there is debate about this is, quite frankly, astounding. And it’s yet another example of the whitewashing of history that has gone on for far too long in this state, and throughout the South. We love a good redemption story, even if it’s … Continued

Josh Moon

June 12, 2020

Opinion

How to change a heritage of hate

Why are you so adamant about keeping Confederate symbols around? That’s the part of this debate that I have never been able to wrap my head around. Why are people in 2020 so fired up to keep these monuments and statues, and why do you want to fly that dumb flag? Oh, yes, I know … Continued

Josh Moon

June 11, 2020

U.S. Chamber of Commerce recognizes U.S. Sen. Jones’ bipartisan pro-growth leadership

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced that U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, was awarded both its Jefferson–Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship and the Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award. Only two senators won both honors this year. The awards recognize members of Congress who demonstrate the bipartisan leadership and constructive governing necessary to move … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 10, 2020

University of Alabama removes Confederate plaques from campus

The University of Alabama System’s Board of Trustees has approved the removal of three plaques honoring Confederates from prominent locations on the Quad and main library of the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The system also said it has appointed a group of trustees to review and study the names of buildings on all … Continued

Chip Brownlee

June 8, 2020

Editor who wrote KKK editorial says he sold his paper. One of the new owners has Klan ties

The Alabama newspaper publisher who called for a return of the Ku Klux Klan has apparently sold his newspaper to a man with possible ties to the KKK. C.T. Harless — one of the paper’s two new co-owners, according to a front-page story in the March 28 issue of The Democrat-Reporter — has apparent ties to … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 2, 2019

KKK editorial writer steps down: “I’m going to drink beer and sex young women”

The editor and publisher of a small town newspaper who called for the resurgence of the KKK and for the lynching of Democratic politicians in an editorial published last week is stepping down after several days of backlash. In an phone interview with the Alabama Political Reporter, the editor and publisher of The Democrat-Reporter, Goodloe Sutton, doubled down … Continued

Chip Brownlee

February 22, 2019

Opinion

Everyday racism of publisher Goodloe Sutton is neither surprising nor uncommon

Goodloe Sutton is not a racist. That might seem impossible considering Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, just wrote an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again.” APR’s Chip Brownlee first brought attention to the editorial, which encourages the KKK to take out Democrats who are advocating for … Continued

Josh Moon

February 19, 2019

Opinion

Mayor Woodfin: Tear down that statue

Dear Mayor Woodfin, Tear it down. Get a few blow torches and axes, maybe a jackhammer or two, and tear down that Confederate monument in Linn Park. If you’d like, to appease the phony historians out there, save a portion to be put in a museum in town. But tear it down. A Jefferson County … Continued

Josh Moon

January 16, 2019